# Food Box cheese-buying splurge sparks debate over dairy policy | 2021-01-12  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Cheese demand surged after the Food Box program launched, while fluid and butter prices stayed relatively low. Many producers missed the gains because of federal milk marketing order pricing rules and a 2018 farm bill change, which the American Farm Bureau estimates cost $3 billion.

- Date: 2021-01-13 · published 2021-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49309-food-box-cheese-buying-splurge-sparks-debate-over-dairy-policy-2021-01-12-agri
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Pricing rule changes keep dairy revenue uneven even when cheese prices rally, and a possible policy revision could shift milk values. Continued Food Box purchases are expected to keep cheese demand firm.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-06-29 | [Dairy industry divides over pricing policy ahead of farm bill \| 2022-06-28 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4557-dairy-industry-divides-over-pricing-policy-ahead-of-farm-bill-2022-06-28-agri.md) | -8.0% | -7.5% |
| MILK | 2017-12-19 | [Disaster bill adds cotton to farm bill \| 2017-12-18 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67461-disaster-bill-adds-cotton-to-farm-bill-2017-12-18-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.6% | -10.8% |
| MILK | 2018-01-24 | [Article Headline \| 2018-01-23 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67126-article-headline-2018-01-23-agri-pulse-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -0.1% | -3.2% |
| MILK | 2018-02-09 | [Congress clears budget deal, farm aid after shutdown \| 2018-02-09 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66483-congress-clears-budget-deal-farm-aid-after-shutdown-2018-02-09-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -0.1% | +5.3% |
| MILK | 2019-02-27 | [Perdue sets signup goals for farm bill \| 2019-02-27 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60598-perdue-sets-signup-goals-for-farm-bill-2019-02-27-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +8.5% | +8.0% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/15126-food-box-cheese-buying-splurge-sparks-debate-over-dairy-policy

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